Ok...I have never been able to talk anyone into these, but they are the absolute best out there. I have a pair of Fujinon FMTRC-SX 7X50's, These are a bit heavy compared to most, but they are amazing. They have independent eyepiece focusing, which sounds wierd, but in all reality, what it means is that you never need to focus! They have flat plane imaging (I have no idea what that means), but they are crystal clear and everything is always in focus. You can glass multiple hillsides at different distances at the same time. My dad had a pair of these and then finally bought me some a few years ago. They are indestructible, waterproof, etc. They are actually a marine binocular and mine has the compass (which I cannont live without) With my GPS and rangefinder I can project points as far as I can get a range, and they are very accurate, which is great for putting on stalks that involve going all the way around something and approaching from behind. These are about $600 at the high end with rubber armor and compass etc.
I always wanted more magnification so I bought the 10X50's about a month ago. They are amazing, but do produce a fair amount more eye strain because of the magnification. They are a disadvantage to use holding. You really need to be sitting with your elbows on your knees glassing to stabilize them enough. I think 10X for an all around binocular is too much.
I spot more stuff with my 7X50's than anyone I hunt with. There is virtually no eye strain with these. Great field of view means you don't have to have the patients to glass a hillside in a hundred different sections. They have more eye relief than any other binocular made.
I have optics (mostly scopes) in leupold, burris, zeiss, swarovski, nightforce. I have looked through swarovski and leica and zeiss binoculars and I don't think they are superior to my fujinons, but they are lighter. The biggest thing that I notice with my Fujinons is that there is no eye strain. Even with $2000 binoculars you have to have everything focussed just right and perfectly to avoid eye strain.
I think I am rambling now and not being very technical, but these truly are amazing. You just pick them up and everything is crystal clear and in focus and I routinely spot stuff like barbary sheep at 1.5-2 miles and coues deer to a mile. You really have to use them to appreciate them though.
Danny